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THE IRISH HORSES. 



IN Ireland there appears to be very few of those 

 large cart Horses that are so common in South Bri- 

 tain. Those that the Irish have, being, for the most 

 part, ill-shaped, and, in the dealers' phrase, loose and 

 leggy. The saddle Horses seem naturally as good as 

 ours; but in general they are ill kept, worse groom- 

 ed, and still worse shod. In the latter respect, it 

 has been remarked, that the Irish people are at least 

 thirty years behind us ; the feet of their Horses, 

 even in Dublin, being torn to pieces by weight of 

 iron, and by nails which are almost like skewers. 

 The hunters are able to leap exceedingly high, as 

 they are trained to leaping from their being first 

 bitted. 



'The natural diseases of the Horse are few; but, 

 from ill usage or neglect, many are brought on 

 which often prove fatal. He is subject to various 

 species of worms, both in his intestines, and in his 

 glandular viscera. In the former are often found 

 the ascaris equi, sometimes a foot and a half long, 

 and as thick as a man's little finger; and several 

 species of tape-worms, one of which is frequently 

 known to measure from twenty-six to thirty inches 

 in length. Attached to the coats of the stomach 

 and rectum are found what the country people call 



lotts . 



